Update on Simplifying Review Criteria: A Request for Information
December 8, 2022
NIH has issued a request for information (RFI) seeking feedback on revising and simplifying the peer review framework for grant applications.
Feedback Sought on Strengthening Capacity for Emergency Clinical Trials
October 28, 2022
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and National Security council recently released a Request for Information seeking ideas on strengthening the national capacity of clinical trial infrastructure and emergency clinical trials.
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UNITE CO-CHAIRS’ CORNER: Announcing the Inaugural UNITE Progress Report
October 20, 2022
Today we published our first NIH UNITE Progress Report! Covering Fiscal Years 2021–2022, the UNITE Progress Report describes NIH’s actions to identify and address structural racism that may exist within the NIH and in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise.
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Follow-Up Career Stage Analyses of Applications Submitted During the Pandemic (Part 6)
October 13, 2022
We looked at applications broken down by career stage in June 2022. It was interesting to notice slowly increasing trends in the proportions of early stage investigator applications submitted by women and by underrepresented minorities. We repeat these career stage analyses here, specifically focusing on applications received between January 8 and September 7 in six consecutive years.
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Data on Number of Research Project Grants per Principal Investigator
September 26, 2022
Earlier this year, we posted a blog about inequalities in Research Project Grant (RPG) support for extramural principal investigators (PIs). Many comments to that post requested data on time-related trends of number of RPGs supporting individual PIs.
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Center for Scientific Review 2022-2027 Strategic Plan
September 22, 2022
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) announce the release of the CSR 2022-2027 Strategic Plan. CSR is entrusted with most of the peer review that enables NIH to support a broad range of biomedical research. Our primary goal, to ensure that peer review identifies the strongest, most promising science, depends upon an evaluation process that is fair, independent, expert, timely and free from inappropriate influences.
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Reminders About Financial Conflicts of Interest and Other Support
September 16, 2022
In response to the OIG recommendations, we are reminding grant applicants and recipients again today of NIH’s Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) and Other Support grant requirements. We encourage all those involved in the NIH grants process to review this information carefully to ensure compliance.
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Case Study in Research Integrity: You Can Disagree, Without Being Disagreeable
September 14, 2022
We are seeing a number of cases of uncivil behavior coming from individuals outside of NIH, directed at NIH staff.
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Announcing the 2023 NIH Loan Repayment Program Application Cycle and a New LRP Director
August 22, 2022
As we approach September, the next NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) application cycle is upon us.
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Preliminary Data on Childcare Cost Support for National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellows
August 10, 2022
In April 2021, recognizing the high cost of childcare, NIH began allowing recipients of full-time National Research Service Awards (NRSA) fellowships to request support for childcare costs.
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